Cebu City to CIDG: Investigate selling of vaccines

Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is asking the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to investigate reports of individuals selling vaccine slots. On the Facebook Page of a student organization in a medical university,…

Police tap barangays to help prevent ‘unauthorized burials’ in Cebu City

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – To prevent ‘unauthorized burials’ in Cebu City, police here have coordinated with the barangay officials to help monitor cemeteries under their jurisdiction. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the…

Cemetery workers in Cebu City warned: Stop under-the-table transactions

Dyrecka Letigio 08/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak warned cemetery workers to stop under-the-table transactions with bereaved families to rack up the price of burial slots or else the city will be going after them. Tumulak…

Cebu City gov’t sets up medical tents to assist hospital admissions

Dyrecka Letigio 08/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government is setting up medical tents outside major hospitals catering to COVID-19 patients to assist in the admission triage.  Councilor David Tumulak said the city received six medical tents from Red Cross,…

Mortuaries, funeral homes purchase more freezers to accommodate more bodies

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mortuaries and funeral homes in Cebu City are purchasing more freezers to store bodies. This was their response to the Cebu City government’s request to increase their capacity to handle more bodies. Councilor…

COVID-19 casualties a priority in crematoriums — Tumulak

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak is urging the family members of deceased individuals who did not die of COVID-19 not to cremate the bodies. He said that there is a long line of…

Tumulak assures: Vaccination roll out will not stop

Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak, the point person for the vaccination sites, assured that the roll-out will not be affected by the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Cebu City will be placed under…

Tumulak to re-propose Cebu City cemetery

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak will be re-proposing the Cebu City cemetery ordinance that he filed in 2020 following the sudden rise of deaths and eventual lack of graveyards in the city. Tumulak…

Shortage of burial spaces in Cebu City cemeteries noted

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A significant rise in deaths in Cebu City has been noted by the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) along with the announcement of major cemeteries that they no longer have burial spaces. A…

Tumulak: Vaccinated individuals need QR code

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has created a database for all individuals vaccinated in the city whether residents or workers here. Councilor David Tumulak said the city government already has a unified system for…

Cebu City sets only 1 day roll-out for 5k vaccines on July 1

Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City expects to roll out 5,000 newly delivered doses of the Sinovac vaccines in only one day. Councilor David Tumulak, the point person for the vaccination site, said that the doses were…

Cebu City COVID-19 cemetery project shelved

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s plan to build a cemetery for victims of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will no longer push through. Councilor David Tumulak, the proponent for the Cebu City Memorial Garden ordinance…

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